Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter
From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AREXX and ICP
Message-ID: <822@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 11:37:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: sugar.822
Posted: Fri Sep 25 11:37:28 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Sep-87 03:09:38 EDT
References: <267@mitsumi.UUCP> <3939@well.UUCP> <20098UH2@PSUVM> <28070@sun.uucp> <611@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
Lines: 21

In article <611@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>, rokicki@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas Rokicki) writes:
> > So you want to implement Yet Another Scripting Language that only a few
> > people know anything about? What's wrong with UNIX-style scripts? Or if
> Few people?  There is a huge base of REXX users out there.  Unix
> scripts are fine, as long as you add full awk capabilities as well.

There a huge base of IBM-mainframe types out there who know REXX. Most people
with Amigas, however, are more likely to be frustrated UNIX fans.

> > you want to go whole-hog, use Xlisp. Modified lisps are one of the most
> > common special purpose languages around (GNU Emacs, ADVsys, etc...). And
> Oh, so now you want to sink the Amiga with those damn parentheses!

Actually, I've changed my mind on this. I've decided I want to use ICON.

I've had enough BASIC like and PL/1 derived languages to last me a couple of
lifetimes.
-- 
-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter
--                 'U`  Have you hugged your wolf today?
-- Disclaimer: These aren't mere opinions... these are *values*.